Salah Hits Landmark Goals in Liverpool’s 3-0 Win against Brentford

Mohamed Salah (L) of Liverpool celebrates with teammate Konstantinos Tsimikas after scoring the 2-0 goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool FC and Brentford FC, in Liverpool, Britain, 12 November 2023. (EPA)
Mohamed Salah (L) of Liverpool celebrates with teammate Konstantinos Tsimikas after scoring the 2-0 goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool FC and Brentford FC, in Liverpool, Britain, 12 November 2023. (EPA)
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Salah Hits Landmark Goals in Liverpool’s 3-0 Win against Brentford

Mohamed Salah (L) of Liverpool celebrates with teammate Konstantinos Tsimikas after scoring the 2-0 goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool FC and Brentford FC, in Liverpool, Britain, 12 November 2023. (EPA)
Mohamed Salah (L) of Liverpool celebrates with teammate Konstantinos Tsimikas after scoring the 2-0 goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool FC and Brentford FC, in Liverpool, Britain, 12 November 2023. (EPA)

Mo Salah reached a century of goals in English football as Liverpool beat Brentford 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday.

Salah struck in each half at Anfield and Diogo Jota added a third as Jurgen Klopp's team moved up to second in the standings, above Arsenal on goal difference.

The win maintained the Merseyside team's 100% home record this season.

Salah fired Liverpool ahead in the 39th minute and scored his landmark 100th in England with a header in the 62nd. Jota struck in the 74th.

Salah's goals saw him continue his outstanding form this season by moving on to 12 for the campaign in all competitions. The Egyptian has now scored 17 in his last 15 home games.

Liverpool's recent form had been less impressive having been held to a surprise 1-1 draw against Luton in the league last week. That was followed by a 3-2 loss to Toulouse in the Europa League on Thursday.

And Liverpool could have been behind against Brentford when Bryan Mbeumo ran through on goal in the first half. It was left to goalkeeper Alisson to keep the score level with a one-on-one save.

The home side was in front shortly after when Salah struck.

Darwin Nunez had his back to goal when collecting a pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold just inside the box and had the vision to slip the ball into the run of Salah on the right.

The Egypt striker made no mistake with a left-footed shot low into the far corner.

His second came from a header after Kostas Tsimikas lifted a cross from the left to the far post.

Brentford's players appeared to stop, believing the ball had gone out of play. But Salah was alert enough to head home and after a VAR review, the goal stood.

Jota completed the win when carrying the ball to the edge of the box and rifling a shot into the far corner.



Krejcikova Beats Gauff in Saudi Arabia to Earn Last Semifinal Spot at WTA Finals

Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic returns the ball to Coco Gauff of USA during the WTA Finals group stage match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 07 November 2024.  EPA/Marcin Cholewinski
Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic returns the ball to Coco Gauff of USA during the WTA Finals group stage match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 07 November 2024. EPA/Marcin Cholewinski
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Krejcikova Beats Gauff in Saudi Arabia to Earn Last Semifinal Spot at WTA Finals

Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic returns the ball to Coco Gauff of USA during the WTA Finals group stage match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 07 November 2024.  EPA/Marcin Cholewinski
Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic returns the ball to Coco Gauff of USA during the WTA Finals group stage match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 07 November 2024. EPA/Marcin Cholewinski

Barbora Krejcikova grabbed the last semifinal spot at the WTA Finals with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Coco Gauff on Thursday, a result that eliminated second-ranked Iga Swiatek from the season-ending tournament.

Krejcikova completes a last-four lineup that already included top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, Zheng Qinwen and Gauff, The Associated Press reported.

“Well, I was definitely super excited to be here, to come here, to qualify to play against the best ones,” Krejcikova said. “I don’t really know where everything started to come together. Before the tournament, I had a couple of days where we hit lightly and already during those hits, I felt quite good.

And I think definitely for me, it’s a big thing that it’s the last tournament of the season.”

Krejcikova, the Wimbledon champion, won the Orange Group and will face Zheng in Friday's semifinals, while Gauff will take on Purple Group winner Sabalenka.

Swiatek earlier routed alternate Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-0 in less than an hour, but she needed Krejcikova to lose to third-ranked Gauff in order to advance from the Orange Group. Krejcikova, Gauff and Swiatek all finished at 2-1, and Swiatek was eliminated because she has a worse percentage of sets won.

Kasatkina replaced American Jessica Pegula, who withdrew from the tournament on Wednesday because of a left knee injury.

“I’m professional enough to always give 100% no matter what the stakes are," Swiatek said.